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TEC4561102: Detail of a sea and salt tile facade of Louis Vuitton Island (Reel Island), within the French pavilion of the Universal Exhibition in Aichi, Japan, 2005. Louis Vuitton Island, designed by Gerard Cholot, presents a Carbon Balance Sheet that allowed Louis Vuitton to set priorities to reduce significantly its greenhouse gas emissions. A pure white light reveals a facade of salt and sea tiles, symbolic material for the sustainable management of the planet's resources. The visual and sound project is by Marc Heymann. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4561133: The island of Chalon sur Saone, (Les Iles du Reel), in the French pavilion of the Aichi World Exposition in Japan, 2005. The artist Lilian Bourgeat has suspended a gigantic light bulb of 50 meters in diameter that only lights up under the combined push of several visitors. At the origin of this project, the city of Chalon sur Saone, which has partnered with a non-governmental organization, W.W.F, the agency for the environment and the management of energy as well as the house of the environment to demonstrate that at the scale of a territory it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions more efficiently than do not provide for this in the Kyoto agreements. / Bridgeman Images